Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [pron] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | But when I criticise a tremolo system for being awkward to change strings on , or a truss rod for being inaccessible , it 's because I change my own strings and adjust my own truss rod . |
| 2 | If you say something to me I check that I have understood your message by saying it back to you in my own words , for if I repeat your own words exactly you will doubt whether I have really understood you . |
| 3 | ‘ I mean it this time . |
| 4 | Oh it is , I mean I that responsibility . |
| 5 | I mean my own class . |
| 6 | Yes I think er I mean my own view is that he well er erm lead the party at the next election and he 'll win it . |
| 7 | I mean your own aim is really to make yourself superfluous in the end . |
| 8 | Maybe next time I bring her some oranges from the best side of the orchard — very sweet , and will do her lot of good . |
| 9 | I really have to watch how far I push myself these days , though . |
| 10 | Arthur says I scratch them any way |
| 11 | Come up now , I make you some bush tea and you will feel better . ’ |
| 12 | I make my own friends . ’ |
| 13 | But I am myself an agent ; there remains the question of how I make my own decisions . |
| 14 | Oh he says I make my own prawn cocktail he says at home and lettuce and |
| 15 | and I perhaps then wax my legs or erm , but not to the extreme of having some one else involved in my improvements , I make my own improvements in my body |
| 16 | In one of my-newspaper clippings , he was quoted as having said , ‘ I make my own luck . ’ |
| 17 | I make my own purse nets but some of good quality can be bought from all well-stocked gunshops . |
| 18 | The white tube , the cork-effect filter , the solid hot flare of the match and my lips tell me of my lungs as I make my own smoke , with its blue drifting and acrid smell . |
| 19 | And these words , that I command thee this day , shall be upon thy heart ; and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children , and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house , and when thou walkest by the way , and when thou liest down , and when thou riseth up . |
| 20 | The girls I knew at COHQ thought he was particularly unattractive , but I expect his own girls applied different criteria . |
| 21 | I expect my own daughter will be like this in a year or two . |
| 22 | Eleven o'clock , there were n't restrictions then on , they could keep open as long as they liked , no restrictions on , on time , and er as I say their own place you know it really it was picturesque , I thought in since erm I contacted you I 've been thinking how , what I could help with and er what I could still think about , and er it was really a sight because to walk and it always used to be crowded , well it was one of the best markets round here and er people used to go off and from Bloxwich and er although there 's a good market at Walsall there was n't a Bloxwich market then sadly for years and years , but erm and then if you went to Wolverhampton you got to walk through Windsfield you got to er walk everywhere you went then and except on a Saturday night when the wagonettes used to run on a Saturday but it was amazing to see the girl behind the range now controlling |
| 23 | ‘ I forget what this Susan woman said exactly , but it sounded to me as though Chris Parker did n't like the idea at first . |
| 24 | Reading for our , I mean er , I supply my own car , my church has recognised that whether I 'm probably if I pay the tax and the insurance erm and I just thirty two , thirty five that 's but when I 'm in business or I 'm in provinces and I 'm allowed to pay what , ten fifteen |
| 25 | Meanwhile , I send you these meditations , hoping they may help you to continue your great book . |
| 26 | So I cook one the other day , and I cook one this morning , I 've pressure cooked one for him , but he would n't look at it Reg is definitely |
| 27 | Er , well I 've decided I want something this year |
| 28 | Because what I really want , after all , is to give them a true belief , and I know very well that , although I want my own beliefs to be true ( because that 's what makes them useful ) , we can all make mistakes . |
| 29 | ‘ I want my own chair . ’ |
| 30 | I want our own country , I said . |